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Patented Sept. 3, l90l. S. BEHBINGER. v

PLOW

(Application filed Feb. 17, 1900.

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- No. 68|,677. Patented Sept. 3, [90L 8. BEHBINGER.

PLOW.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEFAN BEHRINGER, OF BUDAPEST, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681 ,677, datedSeptember 3, 1901.

Application filed February 17, 1900- Serial No. 5,656. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEFAN BEHRINGER, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Budapest, Austria-Hungary, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Plows, of which the following isa description.

The present invention relates to plows; and it consists of the detailsof construction hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In order to render the present specification easily intelligible,reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar lettersof reference denote similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation with the moldboard removed; Fig. 2, a plan,and Fig. 3 a front elevation, with the rear parts removed, of one formof plow embodying the invention; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are similarviews, respectively, of a modification, the moldboard being againomitted from Figs. 4 and 6.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, the plow I), having the moldboard c, ispivotally mounted at 71 between the two longitudinal members h hcomposing the beam, and the said plow may be vertically adjusted on itspivot by depressing or raising the handles a ct, rigidly attachedthereto and retaining the plow in the desired position by inserting thecross-pin 70 into one or other of the orifices of a segment g, fixed tothe top part of the plow, the said pin then resting on the beam andpreventing a downward movement of the plow, but allowing the same to befreely raised when the handles a are depressed to disengage the shearfrom the furrow. Behind the shear at the rear end of the plow the beam hh is turned downwardly, and at its lower end is mounted the wheel (Z. Bydepressing the handles a, therefore, the plow will be raised and theweight of the rear part of the same thrown onto the said wheel d. Thecolter f is mounted at the front end of the plow and moves with the samein the vertical plane, as will be readily understood. The front ends ofthe members h h of the composite beam are supported on the bar 15, beingattached thereto by means of a bolt r, extending vertically through theparts and being laterally adjustable in a series of orifices in the saidbar If and the cross-bar or frame 3', on which the front wheels of theplow are mounted. The bar sis of U-shaped cross-section and serves tosupport the axles q q for the wheels 19 and o, the axle q of the formerbeing vertically adjustable by means of a clampingring 5, which clampsthe upturned arm of the said axle between the flanges of the said part3. The pivot or axle q of the wheel 0 is fixed. Thus it will be seenthat when the bolt 0" is adjusted laterally the width of the furrowproduced will be varied, and at the same time the axle of the wheel pmay also be adjusted vertically, if desired or neces= sary. A bow-shapedbar 25, carrying a central upwardly-turned arm 25 is attached to thepart 8 and laterally adjustable thereon by means of a series oforifices, to any one pair of which it may be bolted, and tothis'upwardly-extending arm i is adj ustably pivoted the bar m,connected by a chain Z to the beam h h, Fig. 1. Thus it will be seenthat while the plow is vertically adjustable and movable on a pivot thebeam is also laterally adjustable in the horizontal plane.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 the plow is rigidlyattached to the rear part of the beam, which latter is made in twoparts, the rear part being pivotally attached to the front part, as ate". The Wheel (Z is in this case adjustably mounted on the land side andthe rear part of the beam is adjustable to any required position asregards the front part by means of the segment g and a pin [6, adaptedto be inserted therethrough. front bolt 1'' is not passed throughorifices of the bar 3, but through similar orifices formed in asaddle-bar t, Fig. 6, which is mounted on s and receives the lower boltend in order to prevent weakening the frame 8 by boring holes throughthe same. The bowt is also made in two parts, the frontupwardly-extending arm i being adjustable on the part If, as will bereadily understood from Fig. 6. The draw-arm m is adjustable thereon andis connected by a chain 1 to the beam h h.

In both modifications a stay-bar j extends from between the members h hof thebeam and is pivotally attached to the lower part of the bolt "r"to prevent the plow from swerving.

I claim as my invention- 1. A plow having its beam composed of two Theylongitudinal members between which the plow is supported pivotally asegment having a series of holes and a cross-pin to engage therein andwhen in position rest on the top of the composite beam and handles tooperate the said plow, a cross-bar at the front end of the beam andmeans for adjustably attaching the front end of said beam to thecross-bar in a lateral direction, Wheels of different diameter mountedon the said beam and means for adjusting one of the said wheelaxlesverticallysubstantially as described.

2. A plow having its beam composed of two longitudinal members, dividedintermediate their ends, the two parts of the beam thus formed beinghinged together, and means for adjusting the angle at which the saidparts are fixed one to the other, a plow rigidly mounted in the rear endof the beam and having handles as specified, a rear wheel verticallyadjustable on the land side of the plow, a front cross-bar having twowheels of different diameter and means for adjusting one of STEFANBEI-IRINGER.

Witnesses:

FRANK DYER CHESTER, RAYMOND WVILLEY.

